it's a shithole of a house, to put it bluntly. it's probably only about 30 years old, but it has major structural damage judging by the cracks wide enough to slip your fingers in on the walls, it's not slab built, it's one of those single veneer red brick jobs (common in the 70s era in aus).

maybe the effort to reconstruct and rebuild would be worth it. i'm not really sure. we're still in the preliminary stages here. ie, tossing around ideas before we even get an inspection done, lol. just some basic internet research has given me a major headache, though. i knew demolition was tricky, but this seems almost not worth it.

A good friend of mine did the whole knock down,re-build thing! Her new house is beautiful....it took a little under 2 years.....jude,her hubby and 2 kids had to move back in with her mum....I think that was the worst part for her......and having to deal with tradies not turning up on time and delivering wrong stuff,it always got sorted out in the end, but i knew it was huge headache for her.....she does not regret it though,she and her family loves their new home!!!

When I was a kid my parents had an addition done, and the work was a combination of demolition and building. We never had to move out of the house, but large sections of the house (ie, the back) were missing at times. Can you have it done peicemeal like that? So, if they rebuild the back rooms first, you can move your stuff into those roooms upon completion, then they can move to the front.